The City

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The spread of urbanization has transformed the concept of the city, but the way urban planners, urban scientists and, above all, urban dwellers address it has also changed, probably even more so. The city is thus a new topic for geography, a discipline that has experienced an ambiguous relationship to cities in the past. What kind of geography is required in order to bring fresh insight to this renewed field? Drawing together a wide range of texts from philosophers, sociologists and economist as well as geographers and urban planners, this volume provides a theoretical framework within which this question can begin to be explored.

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Genre : Science
Author : Jacques Lévy
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2017-05-15
File : 705 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351892698


Readings In Planning Theory

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Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive resource for the latest theoretical and practical debates within the field of planning theory. Represents the newest edition of the leading text in planning theory that brings together the essential classic and cutting-edge readings Features 20 completely new readings (out of 28 total) for the fourth edition Introduces and defines key debates in planning theory with editorial materials and readings selected both for their accessibility and importance Systematically captures the breadth and diversity of planning theory and puts issues into wider social and political contexts without assuming prior knowledge of the field

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Genre : Architecture
Author : Susan S. Fainstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release : 2015-10-19
File : 624 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781119045083


The New Science Of Cities

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A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks. In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand networks—the relations between objects that compose the system of the city. Drawing on the complexity sciences, social physics, urban economics, transportation theory, regional science, and urban geography, and building on his own previous work, Batty introduces theories and methods that reveal the deep structure of how cities function. Batty presents the foundations of a new science of cities, defining flows and their networks and introducing tools that can be applied to understanding different aspects of city structure. He examines the size of cities, their internal order, the transport routes that define them, and the locations that fix these networks. He introduces methods of simulation that range from simple stochastic models to bottom-up evolutionary models to aggregate land-use transportation models. Then, using largely the same tools, he presents design and decision-making models that predict interactions and flows in future cities. These networks emphasize a notion with relevance for future research and planning: that design of cities is collective action.

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Genre : Architecture
Author : Michael Batty
Publisher : MIT Press
Release : 2013-11
File : 519 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780262019521


Tourism Marketing For Cities And Towns

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Tourism Marketing for Cities and Towns provides thorough and succinct coverage of marketing theory specific to the tourism industry. It focuses on developing the branded destination with special emphasis on promotional planning. In addition, it contains numerous international examples, discussion questions, and strategic planning worksheets.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Bonita Kolb
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2006-08-14
File : 327 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136353000


Tourism Marketing For Cities And Towns

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Provides coverage of marketing theory specific to the tourism industry. This work focuses on developing the branded destination with emphasis on promotional planning. It contains international examples, discussion questions, and strategic planning worksheets. Comienzo página.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Bonita M. Kolb
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2006
File : 328 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780750679459


Urban Remote Sensing

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This compendium is based on more than ten years of urban remote sensing teaching experience, scientific research achievements, and the latest developments of remote sensing technology.The volume is divided into ten chapters, which describes the principles of urban remote sensing and multi-source remote sensing big data acquisition, urban remote sensing image processing methods, urban remote sensing image specific applications in related industries, and the prospect of urban remote sensing development. It summarizes the achievements on urban remote sensing projects, uses a large number of algorithm studies as intuitive materials, combines the achievements of urban remote sensing technology, and provides typical industry solutions or case studies in specific applied urban remote sensing areas.This essential reference textbook benefits undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone keen in urban remote sensing.

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Genre : Technology & Engineering
Author : Zhenfeng Shao
Publisher : World Scientific
Release : 2023-01-05
File : 256 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789811266188


Key Thinkers On Cities

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Key Thinkers on Cities provides an engaging introduction to the dynamic intellectual field of urban studies. It profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker comprises: A succinct introduction and overview Intellectual biography and research focus An explication of key ideas Contributions to urban studies The book offers a fresh look at well-known thinkers who have been foundational to urban scholarship, including Jane Jacobs, Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells and David Harvey. It also incorporates those who have helped to bring a concern for cities to more widespread audiences, such as Jan Gehl, Mike Davis and Enrique Peñalosa. Notably, the book also includes a range of thinkers who have more recently begun to shape the study of cities through engagements with art, architecture, computer modelling, ethnography, public health, post-colonial theory and more. With an introduction that provides a mapping of the current transdisciplinary field, and individual entries by those currently involved in cutting edge urban research in the Global North and South, this book promises to be an essential text for anyone interested in the study of cities and urban life. It will be of use to those in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, sociology and urban planning.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Regan Koch
Publisher : SAGE
Release : 2017-05-22
File : 358 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781473987876


Death And Disease In The Ancient City

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Genre : Death
Author : Valerie M. Hope
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2000
File : 220 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0415214270


Application Of Intelligent Systems In Multi Modal Information Analytics

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of the latest advances and trends in information technology, science, and engineering. Specifically, it addresses a number of broad themes, including multimodal informatics, data mining, agent-based and multi-agent systems for health and education informatics, which inspire the development of intelligent information technologies. The contributions cover a wide range of topics such as AI applications and innovations in health and education informatics; data and knowledge management; multimodal application management; and web/social media mining for multimodal informatics. Outlining promising future research directions, the book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals and a useful reference guide for newcomers to the field. This book is a compilation of the papers presented in the 4th International Conference on Multi-modal Information Analytics, held online, on April 23, 2022.

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Genre : Technology & Engineering
Author : Vijayan Sugumaran
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release : 2022-05-07
File : 1075 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783031052378


Intelligent Cities And Globalisation Of Innovation Networks

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Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks combines concepts and theories from the fields of urban development and planning, innovation management, and virtual / intelligent environments. It explains the rise of intelligent cities with respect to the globalisation of systems of innovation; opens up a new way for making intelli

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Nicos Komninos
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2008-07-17
File : 320 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134049806